Downtown Oakland Specific Plan (DOSP)

The final Downtown Oakland Specific Plan (DOSP) is now available. This plan is the first for Downtown Oakland. It will guide development to meet housing and job needs over the next 20 years while keeping the culture that Oaklanders love.

After many rounds of public feedback, the Oakland City Council adopted the DOSP in July 2024. See the "Plan Publications" section to review the Final DOSP, the DOSP Handbook (a summary version in Spanish and Chinese), Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), and other past publications. The DOSP zoning changes and environmental review documents are available via the links below:

The DOSP and associated General Plan amendments were adopted and the DOSP Environmental Impact Report (EIR) was certified at the July 16, 2024, City Council hearing, with amendments to the DOSP and the EIR's Standard Conditions of Approval/Mitigation Measures and Reporting Procedures (SCA/MMRP). The ordinance that includes Planning Code, Zoning Map, and Municipal Code amendments that implement the DOSP was adopted on July 30, 2024.

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The DOSP was adopted with amendments by City Council on July 16, 2024. The version of the DOSP on this page includes those amendments. The DOSP Handbook, a user-friendly abbreviated version of the plan available in English, Spanish and Chinese, will be updated with those amendments by the end of 2024. The implementing Planning Code, Zoning Map, General Plan and Municipal Code amendments will be made to the respective public documents.

Plan Publications

Video: What Is the Downtown Oakland Specific Plan?

View this video in Chinese or Spanish:

Planning Process

  • Past Meetings for Downtown Oakland Specific Plan

About the Plan

Downtown Oakland Specific Plan boundary mapThis is the sixth specific plan done in Oakland in recent years, and the first for downtown. The DOSP helps connect the existing plans in surrounding areas (shown on the map).

All specific plans involve significant participation from the public and other government agencies. Key themes include:

  • Housing, homelessness, and affordability
  • Economic opportunity
  • Social and racial equity
  • Culture keeping
  • Preservation and an inclusive public realm
  • Connectivity and mobility

Images

Paramount Theater in downtown Oakland. Photo courtesy of Greg Linhares, City of Oakland

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Map of active and potential development projects. Soure: Source: Draft Downtown Oakland Specific Plan, City of Oakland

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Neighborbood vision map of Downtown Oakland. Source: Draft Downtown Oakland Specific Plan, City of Oakland

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Rendering of 9th Street Chinatown improvement concepts. Source: Draft Downtown Oakland Specific Plan, City of Oakland

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Creating spaces for Oakland's diverse communities to thrive is central to the Downtown Oakland Specific Plan. Photo courtesy: Eric Arnold, Diamano Coura

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Proposed 'Webster Green' linear greenway between the estuary waterfront and I-880. Source: Draft Downtown Oakland Specific Plan, City of Oakland

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Rendering of proposed streetscape improvements at 14th Street and Broadway. Source: Draft Downtown Oakland Specific Plan, City of Oakland

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Rendering of Black Arts Movement & Business District improvement concepts. Source: Draft Downtown Oakland Specific Plan, City of Oakland

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Rendering of proposed I-980 Conversion to a Multi-Way Boulevard. Source: Draft Downtown Oakland Specific Plan, City of Oakland

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Rendering of proposed Green Loop Underpass Park underneath I-880 and Martin Luther King Way. Source: Draft Downtown Oakland Specific Plan, City of Oakland

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Rendering of Lake Merritt Office District improvement concepts at Franklin and 20th Street. Source: Draft Downtown Oakland Specific Plan, City of Oakland.

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Rendering of Victory Court & Laney College improvement concepts. Source: Draft Downtown Oakland Specific Plan, City of Oakland.

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Phone

510-238-2166

Email

plandowntownoakland@oaklandca.gov

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